African National Congress Youth League

The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) is the youth wing of the African National Congress. As set out in its constitution the ANC Youth League is led by a National Executive Committee (NEC) and a National Working Committee (NWC).

Foundation

Its foundation in 1944 by Ashley Peter Mda, Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo marked the rise of a new generation of leaders. The first President of the league was Anton Lembede who shaped its militancy. Mandela wrote that Lembede had a "magnetic personality who thought in original and often startling ways" and "Like Lembede I came to see the antidote as militant African nationalism. Lembede died in 1947.

By the end of the 1940s, the Youth League had gained control of the African National Congress. It called for civil disobedience and strikes in protest at the hundreds of laws associated with the new apartheid system. These protests were often met with force by the South African Government. In 1950, 18 blacks were killed during a walkout, while protesters, including Mandela, were jailed and beaten for their opposition to the government.

Masquerade

This masqueradeThe games we play all come down to thisSip of passionSlow reactions with romance in the airGentle fireLeads to perspirin’ as passion takes the night awayForbidden love to unbridled truthAs consequences fade awayYour secret's safe with meWhen moonlight fills your fantasiesFlip gets to floppin’And the bed gets to rockin’So Fine, you're mineIf only for one nightTick tock of the clockReality sets in.Slow risin’ chestEnter regret manifesting through smoke and sweatAnd Oh!A ring from the phone, a call from homeShould we answer it?Forbidden love to unbridled truthAs consequences fade awayYour secret's safe with meWhen moonlight fills your fantasiesFlip gets to floppin’And the bed gets to rockin’So Fine, you're mine

African National Congress Youth League

The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) is the youth wing of the African National Congress. As set out in its constitution the ANC Youth League is led by a National Executive Committee (NEC) and a National Working Committee (NWC).

Foundation

Its foundation in 1944 by Ashley Peter Mda, Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo marked the rise of a new generation of leaders. The first President of the league was Anton Lembede who shaped its militancy. Mandela wrote that Lembede had a "magnetic personality who thought in original and often startling ways" and "Like Lembede I came to see the antidote as militant African nationalism. Lembede died in 1947.

By the end of the 1940s, the Youth League had gained control of the African National Congress. It called for civil disobedience and strikes in protest at the hundreds of laws associated with the new apartheid system. These protests were often met with force by the South African Government. In 1950, 18 blacks were killed during a walkout, while protesters, including Mandela, were jailed and beaten for their opposition to the government.

The provincial executive committee of the ANCYL in Gauteng has chosen KwaZulu-Natal provincial secretary Thanduxolo Sabelo as its preferred candidate for league president to lead the organisation into the 2019 elections ... ....

ANCYL member Thulani Ndlovu has been appointed as acting provincial secretary to "mitigate against the current impulse." ... The GautengPEC has also fingered ANCYL national secretary Njabulo Nzuza for manipulating processes in order to delay regional conferences from commencing....

It's a Monday afternoon at the lavish Palazzo Hotel in Fourways, Joburg, where I sit with the outgoing ANCYL national treasurer general ... They are ANCYL national executive committee member Ndumiso Mokako, KwaZulu-Natal provincial secretary Thanduxolo Sabelo and, lately, FeesMustFall activist Mcebo Dlamini....

Controversial FeesMustFall activist Mcebo Dlamini is ready to lead the ANC Youth League (ANCYL). He has been approached by several ANCYL branches around the country to contest the president position, which is already being eyed by the league's KwaZulu-Natal secretary-general Thanduxolo Sabelo and national treasurer Reggie Nkabinde....

Magashule's denial of an attempt to wrestle power away from the ANCYL comes days after rumours surfaced that there were attempts from some ANC members, aligned to former president Jacob Zuma, to influence the outcome of who was elected to replace CollenMaine as ANCYL leader....